Questions tagged [discrimination]
Discrimination is the favourable or unfavourable treatment of a person or thing based on criteria other than individual merit - for example, gender, race, or other categories the person or thing belongs to. Not all discrimination is unlawful.
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May a company discriminate against felons?
Bob works for a company. The company did an internet search and found his felony from 34 years ago and let him go.
Is it legal for the company to discriminate against Bob because of his criminal ...
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Can employer force workers to speak a language at work in Ontario?
Can employees who have English as a second language be forced to speak English while at work, during times where English is not a bona fide job requirement?
Example: quiet conversations during periods ...
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Does offering women and children first priority for limited places on a lifeboat breach discrimination law?
In your jurisdiction, would the operators of the Titanic's decision to offer women and children first priority for the limited lifeboat places have amounted to unlawful discrimination (such as on the ...
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Can you get sued for mentioning the person you are evicting is a registered sex offender in court?
Alice is taking Bob to court for eviction because he damaged property. During the process, she realized he was registered as a sex offender. He said he would sue her for discrimination if she ...
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Is the law allowed to explicitly apply to only a specific race/religion/gender?
I know there are e.g. laws that prevent discrimination based generally around any race, religion, gendre, creed, etc.. But are there laws that explicitly apply to a single race/religion/gendre in ...
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Could a streaming service be liable for paywalling lyrics under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
According to regulatory guidance from the US Department of Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that public-facing websites provide equal access to people with disabilities, ...
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Do some US laws punish illegal immigrants more harshly?
Trump's executive order on death penalty mentions:
(b) In addition to pursuing the death penalty where possible, the Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal ...
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Is state-based discrimination legal?
Is it legal to discriminate against a person based upon what state of the Union he or she is from?
Consider the following cases (arranged in increasing order of blatantness/severity):
Betty-White ...
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In a racial discrimination case, how deep does "race" go?
Not hiring people because they're Chinese is clearly grounds for a racial discrimination lawsuit. But how deep does race/origin go in terms of qualifying for a racial discrimination lawsuit?
Here are ...
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Is one allowed to mistakenly discriminate against someone with regards to employment? [duplicate]
As an example, say that Bob doesn't want to hire women. In fact, in a leaked document, he explicitly said he didn't hire these 50 people specifically because they were women. However, it turns out, ...
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Under what circumstances are US companies selling a stock allowed to restrict sales to specific races or genders?
A casino company in Chicago recently started an initial public offering that includes the restriction
This offering is only being made to individuals and entities that satisfy the Class A ...
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Can GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act) be grounds to claim discrimination based on physical characteristics (like a cleft lip)?
GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act) was signed into US federal law in 2008, and (to my knowledge) basically says you can't discriminate based on ones genetic information with regards to ...
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Can "ugly" or "unattractive" be a protected class?
If women are systematically underpaid at a company, that's strong grounds for a lawsuit. Same for Blacks, or gays, or older people, etc..
But what about ugly people? If a company systematically ...
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Can an employer/company fire you for pursuing legal action against them or anyone who works there?
Say that Alice works at a company, and she was wronged somehow by the company. This could be a higher-up sexually harassed her, she was being discriminated against in terms of pay because of her sex ...
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Discrimination on the grounds of unsavoury religious beliefs?
Under UK law it's illegal for someone to discriminate against you because of your religion or beliefs.
What happens if those some of beliefs are currently socially unacceptable or illegal or immoral?
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